On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 05:06, Spundun Bhatt wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:21, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 04:41, Spundun Bhatt wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:04, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 00:08, Steven wrote: > > > > > > > > > poretz root # ls -l /lib/libc[.-]* > > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1453821 Feb 23 04:30 /lib/libc-2.3.1.so > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 3 17:58 /lib/libc.so.6 -> > > > > > libc-2.3.1.so > > > > > > > > > > poretz root # ls -l /usr/lib/libc[.-]* > > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2561570 Feb 23 04:30 /usr/lib/libc.a > > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178 Feb 23 04:30 /usr/lib/libc.so > > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 580404 Mar 15 23:01 /usr/lib/libc.so.5 > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 18 2005 -> /usr/lib/libc.so > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fix should be simple: > > > > > > > > # rm /usr/lib/libc.so.6; ldconfig > > > > > > > Why do you need to do that? Whats the exact problem over here? > > > I also have /usr/lib/libc.so.5 but I dont have this problem [wait! lemme > > > chack mplayer.... well not elf header problem.. some other old problem > > > thoug... may be I should put that on this mailing list....] > > > Spundun > > > > If you actually looked at what '/usr/lib/libc.so.6' is linked to, > > you would see it is /usr/lib/libc.so. If you then actually did some > > further investigation, you would see: > I missed that part but I didnt know about this file utility and other > stuff atall. Anyway... i dont have the so.6 symlink.... but I do have > the other files, I wonder where that symlink came from. > > So ld config will restore good paths of /usr/lib/libc.so.... ? so Steven > wont have to reemerge?
Yep. The call to ldconfig is just for good measure, but should not even be needed. Btw, /usr/lib/libc.so.5 is an actual library .. it comes from lib-compat package, and gets installed for things that was still linked to libc5. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > nosferatu root # file /usr/lib/libc.so > > /usr/lib/libc.so: ASCII C program text > > nosferatu root # cat /usr/lib/libc.so > > /* GNU ld script > > Use the shared library, but some functions are only in > > the static library, so try that secondarily. */ > > OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386) > > GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a ) > > nosferatu root # > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Meaning: It is NOT a dynamic library, meaning anything that tries to > > link to it during runtime will do what his mplayer does. > > > > Conclusion: The symlink is bogus/invalid, and should be removed. > > > > > > Regards, > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa
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